next story

What's Your Favorite Drink? Why It May Make You Tipsier Than You Expect

Did you have a drink with friends over the weekend? If you're partial to a glass of wine or a mug of beer regularly, maybe you've noticed this interesting trend...

Some kinds of wine and beer are starting to contain higher levels of alcohol in them. Check out the new Bud Light Platinum--with 6 percent alcohol by volume, it's got more kick than basic Bud (5 percent) and Bud Light (4.2 percent). And some wines have started to creep past the average 11 to 13 percent alcohol levels and climb as high as 17 percent.

It's worth mentioning, because higher alcohol levels can sneak up on you quickly after you've had a few glasses out at a restaurant (and haven't been paying attention to wine labels, for example). Also, new research shows that alcohol affects women's brains three times faster than it does men's--which can translate to insomnia and depression in the long run.

How many glasses of wine or beer do you usually average? What's your "limit"? Have you noticed the higher levels of alcohol? Do they affect you?